Epson America (http://www.epson.com) has announced five professional flatbed document scanners. The large format EPSON WorkForce DS-70000, DS-60000 and DS-50000, and the letter size WorkForce DS-7500 and DS-6500 offer high quality output, one-pass duplex scanning, large capacity paper feeders, and high duty cycles.

The WorkForce DS-70000 and DS-60000 large format scanners deliver fast two-sided scans from 2.7 x 4.7 inches up to 11.7 x 100 inches, and include an 200-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF). The WorkForce DS-50000 provides scans for business cards to oversized documents, such as drawings or maps.

Epson’s new flatbed scanners allow users to scan directly to popular cloud services, and leverage networking capabilities using an optional network module (sold separately) to support up to 100 workstations with full scanner functionality for increased productivity. Epson also offers an optional network module compatible with each of the new scanners, allowing users to scan to any computer on the network[1] with full access to Document Capture Pro features.

The EPSON WorkForce DS-70000 (US$3,999), WorkForce DS-60000 ($2,899) and WorkForce DS-50000 ($1,499) will be available Sept. 1. The DS-7500 ($1,199 ) and DS-6500 ($899) will be available Oct. 1.